Middle Habsburg

Holy Roman EmperorsArchdukes of Austria1508-1637

Maximilian I, (1459-1519), King of the Romans from 1493 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1508. Archduke of Inner Austria, Duke of Styria, and Carniola from 1493, Archduke of Further Austria, Archduke of Upper Austria, Count of the Tyrol from 1490, Titular Duke of Burgundy de jure uxoris from 1477 to 1482. Son of Frederick III.

Maximilian I, (1459-1519), Holy Roman Emperor

Maximilian I, (1459-1519), as Archduke of Austria

Son of Emperor Maximilian I:

Philip I, (1478-1506), known Philip the Fair, was the son of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor. Through his mother Mary of Burgundy he inherited the greater part of the Duchy of Burgundy and the Burgundian Netherlands (as Philip IV of Burgundy) and through his wife Joanna the Mad he briefly succeeded to the Kingdom of Castile. He was the first Habsburg ruler in Spain and his successors recognized him as Philip I of Spain. He predeceased his father.

Philip I (1478-1506), King of Spain and Duke of Burgundy

Sons of Philip the Fair:

Charles V, (1500- 1558), Holy Roman Emperor from 1519 and, as Charles I of Spain, of the Spanish realms from 1516 until his abdication in 1556.

Founded the senior line of the Spanish Habsburgs extinct in 1700. See Spain.